50 BEST SACRED MUSIC
50 Best Sacred Music: Includes 'Zadok the Priest', 'Ave Maria' & 'Panis angelicus' Veronique Gens, Barbara hendricks, Philippe Jaroussky, Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri te Kanawa, King's College Choir, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Aug/2017 ] Fifty of the very best popular sacred pieces performed by performers and artists from the giant Warner and Erato catalogues. |
TRADITIONAL
Favourite Carols from King's Adam Banwell (treble) / The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Nov/2014 ] With their annual Christmas broadcasts, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge has become a centrepiece of the yuletide tradition for families around the world. |
THOMAS PITFIELD
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Anthony Goldstone (piano) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra / Andrew Penny [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] |
ALESSANDRO STRIGGIO / THOMAS TALLIS / etc
Supersize Polyphany Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (musical director), Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge [ Signum / CD - released 22/May/2019 ] Supersize Polyphony is a celebration of large-scale choral works from the 16th century, performed here by the Armonico Consort and the Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, under their musical directors Christopher Monks and Geoffrey... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
633 Squadron Band of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell / Squadron Leader D.S. Stephens [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/1993 ] Recorded in: RAF College, Cranwell |
TRADITIONAL
In Praise of St Columba: The Sound World of the Celtic Church Barnaby Brown (triple pipes, lyre) / Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber [ Delphian / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine: Choral & Song Choice - October 2014 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Organ Works Benjamin Nicholas, The Dobson Organ of Merton College, England [ Delphian / CD - released 22/Mar/2016 ] The first recording of Merton's new Dobson organ - a mixed recital spanning repertoire from Bach and Stanley to Dupré and Messiaen - was designed to demonstrate the instrument's considerable versatility. But behind the contemporary sophistication of... |
BEDNALL / BULLARD / COOKE / HARRIS / MacMILLAN / etc
The Eternal Ecstasy: Music of Visionary Transcendence The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Sarah MacDonald [ Regent / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Over the last fifty years a new style of choral writing has emerged from the US which has captured the imagination of church- and concert-goers, and record buyers alike across the globe. This style can summarised as timeless, spacious, and rapturous,... |
The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge / Directed by David Rowland
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 21) [ Priory / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] Recorded in the Chapel of Queen's College, Cambridge on 7/8/9 February 2005 |
BACH / BYRD / CAMPION / DERING / ELGAR / TALLIS / etc
Reflection: Choral Music from Clare College Cambridge Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown [ Heritage / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
S.S. WESLEY
Anthems Choir of Clare College, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Apr/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2007 - Choral - "The fine Clare College choir sings them with appropriate fervour" (Sunday Times) |
DURUFLE / TAVENER / ELGAR
Remembrance Choir of Clare College, Cambridge [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Graham Ross directs the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in a wide-ranging and moving sequence of music for Remembrance, including John Tavener's "Song for Athene", settings of the text "When David heard" by two of England's foremost 16th-century... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O lux beata Trinitas - Music for Trinity Choir of Clare College Cambridge / Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] "This really is exceptional singing - immaculately balanced and blended, with text always at its heart. Ross and his young singers have given us quite the gift in this series. I can't wait to hear what they do next." Gramophone |
BACH / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Reformation 1517-2017 Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] "A luxurious lineup of soloists - Neal Davies, Mary Bevan, Robin Blaze and Nicholas Mulroy - and top instrumentalists (led by violinist Margaret Faultless) ensure highest quality." The Observer, 20th August 2017 **** |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ice Land, The Eternal Music Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross (conductor), The Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson (soprano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Icelandic music of the last half century is the focus of this recording by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, led by its conductor, Graham Ross. Born from his close collaboration with the native composers of the "Land of Fire and Ice," this... |
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross, feat. Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Rolling River: American Choral [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Apr/2023 ] Choral singing enjoys astonishing vitality in the United States of America. Alongside Bernstein's prodigious Chichester Psalms, Barber's Two Choruses, and Erb's much-loved arrangement of Shenandoah, Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College,... |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ / etc
Pange Lingua - Music for Corpus Christi Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross, Michael Papadopoulos (organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "It is a rapturous example of the wonders of the period, especially when performed with such zeal and love as the Clare chorister do here." AudAud.com |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Haec dies: Music for Easter The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and director Graham Ross continue their series of music for the church year with a sequence for Easter Day that spans five centuries and explores the rich tapestry of repertoire from across the European... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Dec/2013 ] "Tavener's flair for drama is here; so are the influence of the Russian Orthodox liturgy and his gift for writing melodies and harmonies that are hard to shake off." (Times) |